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ZAGHAEIAH WALSH, 0E NEWirn'i, NEW JERSEY.v

Letters .Patent No. 72,944, elated Dcecnilclr 31, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVBLLIliilGl-BAGS.

To ALL WHoM 1r MAY ooNoEsu: l. A n

l:Be itknown that I, ZACHARIAB WALSH, of Newark, in the countyl'ofEssex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a'. new and usefulImprovement in Travelling-Bags; and I' do hereby declare that thefollowing is a.- zfull, clear, and exact description thereof', whichwill enable others skilled in the nrt to maire and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' thisspecification.

This invention relates to c new and improved manner of attaching thecloth or fabric, of which thesides of the travelling-bag are composed,to the jaws or frame of the bag, whereby a. very secure and cheap connection of those parts is obtained; und it further consists in animprovement in the construction ot' the'jaws of the frame, whereby thelatter is preventedfrom cutting or chafing the cloth or fabric of whichthe sides are composed. In the uccompanyingsheet of drawings- Figures 1and 2 are side views of a. portion of tbe frame of n travelling-bag,with a portion of the cloth er fabric of which the sides are composedattached.

Figures 3 und 4 are sections of iigs. 1 and 2, taken respectively in thelines :v x, y y.

Figures 5 and 6, detached views of eyelets used in connecting the clothor fabric to the frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A' represents u. portion of one of the jaws of the freine of otravelling-bag. This jaw, like those of ull metallic framesfortruvelling-bsgs, is of right-angular form in its transverse section,as shown clearly in figs. 3 und 4, and theoloth or fabric B, of whichthe sides of the b'ag are composed, is secured to the inner part a ofthe jaw by means c emilio eyelets, G, the part w being punched altsuitable distances apart, and the cloth or fabric B also punched atcorresponding points, the punch carryingl portions of the cloth orfabric into or' through the holes in the part a of the jnw, and theeyelets C, insertedi at the same time, being placed on the punch whichpierces the cloth or fabric. AThe eyelets C are then heeded lby anyordinary device. One similar to those'used for heading or turning overthe edges of the common eyelets now in use for various purposes may beemployed.

The eyelets, like those used for gamers, open at both ends, as shown iniig. 5, and designated by Zi, muy be employed, but these, of coursewould leave smell openings in the jaws or sides of the frame, whichmight by many be considered objectionable, and eyelets closed at oneend, :is slown in fig. 6, and designated by c, may be used. v

The attaching of tbc cloth or fabric to tho frame by means of metalliceyelets may be rapidly performed, and a very secure and economicalconnection of said parts obtained.

|lho inner edges of` the part a of the jaws are curved outward, assh'own clearly in figs. 3 and -l at'aX, in order to prevent the cloth orfabric being eut or chzxfed by said edges-a. contingency of frequentoccurrence with the ordinary metallic frames, which lin-vo the partsaoftheir jews in n. plano, or the inner edges of a extending inward,`sothat the sides of the bag, especially when filled, will bear againstsaid edges and be eut or chnfed This difficulty is fullyobvioted by myinvention.

I would remark that, it' necessary-or desired, two eyelets may beinserted in each hole. This would insnr greater strength, and might beadvantageous in certain euses, ns, for instance, in the manufacture ot'large bags Having thus described my invention, I claim as now, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The inner edge of the carpet-bagframe, bent outward in Suche. manner as to prevent Contact cloth B,whereby the Ilhefing und we if of the latter are prevented, as hereinshown and described.

2. The frame of L cvellingbags, secured to the cloth or lenther by meansof the eyelets C, eithe y without the closed end c, as herein shownl anddescribed.

ZACHARIAH WAL;

Witnesses:

ALEX. F. ROBERTS, J. M. COVINGTON.

